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number of degrees by which a place is NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR
-measured in parallels or lines of lattitude
-measured from 0 equator to 90 poles |
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number of degrees by which a place is EAST OR WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN
-run from the North Pole to South Pole-measured from 0 degrees (prime meridian) to 180 degrees east longitude and 180 degrees west longitude(International Date Line) |
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-0 degrees longitude
-starts at north pole , pases through Greenwich,England ends at the south pole |
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- located at the 180 degree meridian
-transition line for calendar days - going west advance one day, going east move back one day |
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| shows correct shapes of continents but distorts their area |
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| shows accurate continents shapes and land areas |
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| projection that shows small areas correctly |
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shows the highs and lows of the Earth's surface ; shows elevation in a 3
dimensional surface |
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| line on a map connecting points of the same surface (height of land) |
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| are contour lines marked with their elevation (every 5th bold line) |
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| difference in elevation between one contour line and the next |
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| used to represent a certain distance on a map to a certain distance on the Earth's surface |
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